Clon song is international online hit

In just one week they notched up nearly 10,000 YouTube hits, broke into the top 50 of the Irish iTunes charts, attracted fans from as far away as Kathmandu, Boston, and France — and now they’re set to perform in Cork Opera House.

And most of them are under the age of 12.

A song composed and performed by staff and pupils at Scoil na mBuachailli in Clonakilty, West Cork, has attracted huge attention both at home and internationally after it first featured on the Irish Examiner website.